Smok XPro M50/M65 button swap

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iam just sticking to the clicky clicky button till it drops of
Ripshod

i thought china would be on it making skins for these
i wont bother with a wrap

and yeah its a cracking peice of kit bargain price
some reviewers just try and look for the flaws

[dickyg]

Jan 31, 2015 15:11:39 GMT Ripshod said:

It's got to be on the horizon, even with the zinc alloy finish these are easy to damage. It'll either happen soon, or it won't happen at all. (Generic answer)

Did you manage to switch your button over okay @zuza?

Mine has just passed the pub test. LOOOOOAAAAADDDDDSS of interest!!

I agree dickyg, despite the couple of negative reviewers I've seen these are monster mods

Running at 45watts on a half charged battery I still haven't seen it reduce the power - yet!!

What battery are you running yours on? I'm using a new Samsung 25r and its getting hammered at 21w.

[Ripshod]

I'm lucky dickyg, I have a couple of genuine VTC5s. I have 25Rs too, but I haven't tried them yet. tbh with how fast this charges don't think I'll be swapping too often

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fast charge is great on this little mod .. going to buy a good battery for it
bought efest 3100 / 20 amp but reading about them now aint that good

will be buying from torchy i think or any vendors thats highly recomended
safer with higher amp am sure

[dickyg]

Think I will have to hunt around to buy some vtc5's then as the Samsung isn't going to last a shift at work.

[Ripshod]

If you do find some new VTC5s view them with suspicion, lots and lots of suspicion. You'll be better looking for VTC4s or even the VTC3s these days dickyg

[dickyg]

Myepack have the 4s. Thought I would be better off with the Samsung when I ordered, but think I made a bad choice.

[Ripshod]

Not such a bad choice so long as you limit yourself to 50Watts

[Ripshod]

Okay, just dropped itself to 35Watts. Plugged the charger in at the battery is at ~30%. Not as bad as I've been reading, maybe I'm just so d**n lucky.

[dickyg]

I'm at around 25-30watts so the 50 limit shouldn't be a problem

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Jan 31, 2015 17:32:28 GMT Ripshod said:

Okay, just dropped itself to 35Watts. Plugged the charger in at the battery is at ~30%. Not as bad as I've been reading, maybe I'm just so d**n lucky.

well reviewers had the 50 so 65 upgrade maybe helped and could well be a upgraded board
seeing folks on vids with m50 branded unit but m65  software upgrade

[Ripshod]

Maybe this could do with a lock on the power buttons. I've set it back to 45Watts and it's holding now, so maybe pilot error

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Ripshod i think i need your gold m65

[Ripshod]

Tease-smiley

[Ripshod]

Dropped to 40watts at 40% battery.
Dropped to 35watts at 35%.
'Weak battery' at 30 %. This is with a 0.3ohm load initially at 45ohms and a VTC5.

I think this is something we'll just have to get used to.

Due to the way they work, as the battery volts drop the current increases for the same power. This power drop I believe is to protect the user.
The other theory stands true too, as the volt drop increases (due to the discharged battery) the mod is reducing the power to protect the battery.

A hindrance? Yes! A problem? No!!